Salyer was president of Public Radio International before becoming chief executive officer of the nonprofit Salzburg Global Seminar, which is based in Austria but has an office in the District. He was the youngest person ever to be appointed to a presidential commission. What is Salzburg Global Seminar?

It’s a policy center that works to develop young leaders around the world to focus on solving global problems. … We have about 25,000 alumni all around the world in 160 countries.